2017 Euro Winners Cup
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Portugal |
| Dates | 26 May – 4 June 2017 |
| Teams | 54 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 SC Braga (1st title)
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| Runners-up |
 Artur Music
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| Third place |
 BSC Lokomotiv Moscow
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| Fourth place |
FC Delta |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 122 |
| Goals scored | 1,089 (8.93 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
 Gabriele Gori (18 goals) |
| Best player |
 Mauricinho |
| Best goalkeeper |
Vitalii Sydorenko |
The 2017 Euro Winners Cup was the fifth edition of Euro Winners Cup, an annual continental beach soccer tournament for top men's European clubs, similar to that of the UEFA Champions League, organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW). This season the tournament was being held in Nazaré, Portugal, from 26 May till 4 June 2017.
Italian team Viareggio BS were the defending champions but lost in the Round of 16 to Ukrainian side Artur Music.
Artur Music ultimately went on to lose in the final to Portuguese team SC Braga who claimed their first European title.
Gabriele Gori was top scorer for the second year running, following up his top scorer award at the World Cup just a few weeks prior.
25 nations represented by a record of 54 clubs participated in the tournament. 28 teams are qualified directly for the main round, including Viarregio (the 2016 trophy holders), ACD Sótão (as host team), SC Braga (as runner-up of host nation) and 25 national champions (note, BS Lazio clinching the berth of Italy national champions since Viarregio is also a European champion). The preliminary round was disputed by all the remaining teams that sign in (26 teams). At first four more teams sign in, but didn't take part in competition.
With an increase in the number of teams, five groups of four teams and two groups of three teams constitute the preliminary stage, competing in a round-robin format. The winners of each group advance to main stage. The group allocations were drawn on 10 April 2017. The matches were held from 26 May till 28 May 2017. Seven group winners and one best-ranked runner-up (BSC Artur Music) advanced to the main round.
With an increase in the number of teams, nine groups of four teams will constitute the group stage, competing in a round-robin format. The group allocations were drawn on 4 April 2017. The matches were held from 29 May till 31 May 2017. Nine group winners and seven best-ranked runners-up advanced to the play-off round.
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